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It's too late. Those in Government and working for Government now out number the private sector. They no longer need to listen to the people. They are in charge of us. Look at our poor friends to the East and South. Thier ballot questions to control taxes went down in flames 4-1!! Imagine, voting to raise taxes above the current rates. I'll pray for thier souls.
- Rick Surette, Brookfield

I would really like to know how much of this bill you who support it have read? Point me to the information that says so many people die in the US because they cannot get health care!! Bull is the word that comes to mind. I have actually been reading this bill. You think it will give you free health care!! Ha ha!! I make a less than middle income, am a single parent and will be paying $5,000 more per year for health insurance, if I refuse I go to jail under this plan(which by the way I will refuse and take the jail time). I have worked hard my entire life to achieve what little I have and I refuse to let freeloaders take that from me. Maybe we who work should all stop and start collecting then there will be no money to collect. People look at this bill and think it will not cost them, our state of NH alone is going to have a huge tax increase, the small companies are hit the hardest, and if they (government) handle it the same way they handle everything they run well, then people will really truly die from lack of health care in the US. It won't be fiction any longer. We have already seen a ton of businesses move to countries doing the smart thing and offering tax incentives, we get this and cap and trade and we are looking at a nightmare. No matter what you think you are not entitled to my income, if I have to give it away I have no incentive to bother earning it. I could very easily use my minority position to collect government money, get grants, and live for free. I choose not to. This bill is allot more than it is on the surface, it is freedom and the way this country was made great at risk. Anyone who feels they are entitled to free everything can join their own little cult and see how it goes, those of us who believe you work for it will go our own way, lets see who lasts longer!!You think insurance companies are the bad guys because they make a small profit? Either you don't work or you are a hypocrite because the average profit of insurance companies is 3%. Why don't you work for nothing and then come and tell us all how big and bad they are. I can name many in government who are making far more and I see no one calling them out. I Thank the Lord that there are more people who think like me than there are of you who feel so deserving of free everything. It is lazy and despicable and not what America is about. Move to China, Cuba, or some other Socialist country if you want those Socialistic values. We will not allow them to occur here in America. Our NH reps. are cowards and have been bought off. The hardest hit by this health care is the elderly and the sick, if it goes through you will see that soon enough. Ignorance is showing in you, you spout one belief and do differently. By all standards you are just as much a evil money grubber because if you work,(big if here!!) you work for profit. What a terrible concept!! (insert sarcasm!) Anyone with part of a brain can see where thiese ideas will lead. 2010 cannot come quickly enough. And I am proud of all my fellow Americans who are getting involved to stop this!!
- Stacey, Manchester

Hodes and CSP are clueless... Neither can possibly have made an informed vote w/out reading the text of the bill and some impartial impact analysis... If they are willing to blindly support Pelosi's "San Francisco values", then they need a dose of "Granite State justice" in the 2010 elections... They need to stand in the unemployment line so they can understand where the "real crisis" is in this country right now...
- Hedge, Newton

Now you can see why the poodles would turn their back on Spike, it is the only part of a dog that doesn't frighten him to death. All the work that Carol and Paul and now added to Jeanne are doing for our veterans and this is the thanks that they get. To our veterans: I would like to apologize to the 2200+ (Harvard study released yesterday) that died in the past year and each of the past years, from preventable illness because we don't have universal health care. Perhaps the Republicanics can back off a bit in their chickenhawk bragaddocio and allow health care to pass so that we can serve those who have served us so well. It turns out that there is life after military service for many of our bravest.
- Bert, Deerfield

Master Douglas Marino of Newfields, your three paragraphs in your posting on this board today were taken from your posting on the board on the previous day's editorial regarding health care. A word of advice, young one: if you have nothing new to say, then say nothing. It is best if you do not parrot the same words. Were those really your words, or did you copy and paste from someone else?
- Nick, Manchester

So folks, do you think it is time to do some house flipping in 2010? I know that I out to do just that. No more poodles nor puppets. Getting them all out, regardless of party affiliation, and starting afresh, with new, bold ideas and no connections to the lobbyist. Time to bring in average, ordinary people with no strings attached to do the work for the people.
- Keith, Raymond

Gary Way, please quit LYING. The 45,000 "deaths from lack of insurance" that you have twice today flouted, is claimed by the left-wing Physicians for a National Health Program. They used a study that identified people without insurance and counted eventual deaths, making no attempt to discover the cause of death nor WHETHER THE SUBJECTS HAD GOTTEN INSURANCE at the time of the death. They extended the time-frame twice to pad the numbers. The study itself says: ""Our study has several limitations... We were unable to measure the effect of gaining or losing coverage after the interview... Earlier population-based surveys that did validate insurance status found that between 7% and 11% of those initially recorded as being uninsured were misclassified."

It is obvious that if we move medical decision-making to Washington for the express purpose of covering more people and at the same time reducing the proportion of "national income" spent on health care, many people will be denied treatment--perhaps by a Death Panel, perhaps by faceless, unelected rulebook-writers and government accountants. This bill will KILL AMERICANS so that Gary Way can secure a political victory for his party's President, and permanent dependency of the American people on government.
- Spike, Brentwood NH

Hey Gary, you're proud that "children" of 27 years of age will be able to stay on their parent's insurance? A 27 year old is WAY past being a child. when I was 27 I owned a home and had a 5 year old child. I worked and supported my family, what a concept! Man or woman a 27 year old should support themselves as a functioning adult and pay their own damn bills. The federal government has NO place in the equation. This is EXACTLY what's wrong in this country, able adults given a pass on acting like one. And what the hell is a "donut hole"? Where did you cut and paste that phrase from? I hope you realize that you will be one of the first to be told that you're out of luck when you need medical care if you fall one inch out of the new requirements. Get a job and pay your own bills, leave me out of it. Just wait until they start telling you how much electricity you can buy once the smart meter goes on your house. How will you power your Obama shrine lights once your quota is used up? Maybe you can just stay at home until your 28th birthday...
- Mark, Manchester

Dean, Manchester: Thank you for a most literate and moving post.
It won't last - and it is because of people like you - and me - and others of like mind.
I have a feeling we'll be meeting soon. Just tell me where and when. It's time that the entitlement folks got a challenge.
- Sandy, Thornton

Thanks for making a poodle Piñatas of Hodes and Shea-Porter. More, please!

My letter to C S-P:

I am disappointed but not surprised that once again you have misrepresented your constituents by voting in favor of this indecipherable bill.

What is clear about the bill is that it has nothing to do with healthcare reform and everything to do with creating a cash cow and political power for a government that is already out of control.

You are not part of a solution, you have a consistent, contributing role in one of the worst problems ever experienced in this country.

Her "reply":

Thank you for taking the time to e-mail me. Your thoughts and concerns are of utmost importance to me. Please be assured that your message has been received and is being processed.

Carol Shea-Porter
Member of Congress

"Utmost Importance," is that warm and fuzzy or what!
- Bob Frost, Portsmouth

If democrats are poodles, republicans are lemmings. Like they never voted the party line....
- Mary Mags, Bedford

I like what everyone is saying. Keep it up. We remember 9/11 let's remember the politicians who don't vote for the people but for themselves. We need to get rid of all the narrow minded politicians. Let's bring the vote back to people. I didn't like the vote on same sex issue by politicians. We need to have the people of the state and country vote for these big issues.
- Bernard Marie, Bethlehem, New Hampshire

I must respectfully disagree with the UL editors on this one. The people we sent to Washington did not need to be bribed by Pelosi or Reid to vote in favor of the complete takeover of our country's health care industry.

They did it gladly and if it costs them their seat they will always have a comfy job waiting for them in one of the hundreds of new useless bureaucracies that they are creating. So it's no big deal really.

And one can tell by the joyous insults on this comment page that the number of people who think welfare is the best way to live far outnumber the people who will have to pay for it, so it's not much use trying to fight them.

Isn't it ironic though how the people who want to live on welfare constantly spew hatred at the people who pay for it? You'd think that they would say thanks once in a while, but no.

They have no thanks because they've been convinced that they are "entitled" to welfare and the people who are being forced to pay it are greedy and evil and the source of all their troubles in life.

How sad. Once upon a time being on welfare was a source of shame. Now we have millions demanding more and more of it every year and we have politicians who hand it to them.

The good news is that this. Will. Not. Last.
- Dean, Manchester

Gee that's interesting, Tom. You're going to vote in republicans to replace the democrats who were voted in to clean up the mess that republicans created.
- Bill, Concord

I was thinking of moving across the river to NH for the tax advantages but it looks like that is going to dry up real soon and my NH neighbors will be in the same tax boat as VT and the same far left political boat. Welcome aboard Neighbor!
- PKM, Danville,VT

45,000 deaths of uninsured people is a an accepted fact, not baloney. What is baloney is the notion that private, for-profit, health insurance companies care more about people than profit. They don't. That's why they drop people when the get sick and deny people with pre-existing conditions. That's how they stay profitable- by not covering the people who really need it. This bill ends that practice.

Here's one of many links that report the deaths caused by not being insured:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1755455/45000_deaths_annually_linked_to_lack_of_health_insurance/index.html?source=r_health
- Gary Way, Bedford

I give the Union Leader credit, as they were able to cite an instance in the early 2000's that they criticized President Bush for his fiscal policies (specifically, the size of his proposed federal budget in 2002). The Union Leader didn't criticize the tax cuts, Iraq spending (we hadn't invaded yet), or medicare specifically, but they did criticize the overall lack of fiscal restraint in Bush's budget.

The interesting thing about that editorial (I found it online searching for the title "Big Budget Bush") was that it was well-reasoned, and didn't resort to belittling name calling to make its point.

I would have been interested to read a similarly well-reasoned editorial critical of the health care proposal today. But instead, we were treated to some garbage about "Pelosi's poodles yipping."

If the Union Leader wants to quell the notion that they are nothing more than a Republican party mouthpiece, they should consider using reason, rather than bombast and insults, to make their case against people and policies they disagree with.
- Dan, Manchester

"Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq attacked the US"

You're kidding, right?

"Congress violated that law..."

You are aware that Congress creates law in this country?

Military action in Afghanistan and Iraq was approved by both the President and the Congress, as the Constitution demands. Arguing this is illegal is un-American.
- Tom, Campton

Maybe Ron won't admit it. I certainly will. This is not the Republican government that I voted for. The democrats did a much better job of marketing then the republicans did. That is all this boils down to. Democrats did a better job of making Republicans look bad in the last election. Fortunately this is making it very easy for a Republican sweep in the next election. If any good can come from this, it is that sole point. Hopefull then we can begin fixing this disaster that liberals have perpetuated.
- Tom, Manchester

FAF, you forgot to tell Gary that his 45,000 figure is baloney. No one is denied health care in this country. Not even those who are here illegally.
- Ron, Manchesster

Sorry, Ron, but you are mistaken. While Congress did authorize the use of force in both instances, it was an illegal vote. The UN Charter, to which we were the original signatory, and much of which we wrote, specifically forbids one nation attacking another unless that nation has attacked the first nation, or it is quite clear that an attack is imminent. Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq attacked the US, and neither was planning, or capable of, such an attack. Since the UN Charter is a treaty, and we signed it, it also US law. Congress violated that law by authorizing the use of force in circumstances in which it was clearly unwarranted. A special forces operation, or an Interpol operation against Al Qaeda would have been the appropriate response. Instead, we are killing thousands of innocent people in both countries (along with a few terrorists) and the real villains are safely ensconced in the Pakistani mountains, where our drones continue to kill innocent people because our intelligence capabilities in that area are nearly non-existent.
- Dick, Concord

To Gary Way, Bedford

Here's what else Amercia will get with the House health care refrom bill --

More than $400 million in Medicare reimursement cuts that will mean denied procedures, Seniors getting fewer office visits and long wait times to see their Doctors,

Increased burden on State budgets with less reimbursement of Medicare and Medicaid

More State taxes, taxes, taxes

More State deficits

If your employer offers you medical coverage now, kiss it good-bye and say hello to government run insurance. Your employer will drop you because the penalty is less that your employer's current cost of coverage.

Mandated wellness coverage - where are the doctors coming from to provide all of these new office visits? and don't say wellness is cheaper than treatment. CBO already studied that one and found that it won't be the case if everyone gets wellness coverage.

What about tort reform, cutting back on defensive procedures, selling insurance acorss state lines, etc.? It's not there.

What will America get - less than they get now along with more costs.
- FAF, Exeter

Actually Ron's problem with the government is that it is not the republican one that he voted for and it doesn't do what he'd like it to do.

Unfortunately, he's too much of a hypocrite to admit that.
- Bob V, Manchester

Okay, let's hypothetically assume for the sake of the argument from the left that healthcare is a basic human right and not covering everyone with health insurance is immoral. Then I must ask the healthcare bill supporters why do you support this legislation when your representatives admit it leaves "25 million people uninsured"? Isn't supporting legislation that doesn't cover such a huge number of people immoral? Why do you support this legislation knowing that it is immoral by your own definition?
- Don Diamant, Milton, NH

Frank, government is not the solution to your problems, government IS the problem.
- Ron, Manchester

Since insurance companies can't sell policies across state lines, can't someone just limit this bill to Washinton, DC? If the govenment wants to set up govenrment sponsored insurnace - it has to stay within the district. Just like regular, commercial insurnace is restricted. Let's keep the bill out of NH and other states.
What did we do to deserve this?
- Peter Surmanis, Concord, NH

The use of the word "betrayal" is correct. Our unrepresentatives have betrayed their responsibilities to their constituents and the constitution in voting for this.

I have one question for Shea-Porter and Hodes: Did you read the bill before voting for it?
- Tom, Campton

Hey Dick in Concord, you should know that both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had Congressional approval. The only illegal war we've been forced to fight in the past 20 years was the illegal war on Serbia. You know, the war that Clinton started to remove the spotlight from his, ummm, domestic issues. He initiated a war against a country without Congressional approval. Hence it was illegal as far as the US Constitution is concerned. I assume you gave it a free pass since a) Clinton is a democrat b) you believe that UN law should trump our Constitution c) you are uninformed regarding Constitutional law or d) all of the above. In my experience, I would have to say it's likely "d".
- Mike, Temple

An excellent and accurate article as usual. I have written my "representatives" and expressed my opposition to this health care bill with pork barrel items attached. I would have emailed "Reprsenative" Paul Hodes-but his web site only takes your name, etc., and has not submission box. If you want to comment on the health care you can only agree with him or say none to his biased statements on health care. Then you must receive his propaganda newsletter. Say did anyone notice that they put the bill on email for us people to read--but they again never read it themselves--including our Pelosi puppets Shea and Hodes. Some ethical "representatives" we have, Ha ha ha
- Jan, Londonderry, NH

Ron, isn't it immoral that Americans are left to live in poverty and suffer without healthcare or the ability to pay for healthcare while we spend a trillion dollars to fight wars overseas?

What about taking care of the homefront first! Let's solve our many problems here first before we deficit spend to help any other countries. We need to look out for #1; no-one else is going to do it for us.
- Frank, Manchester

Dear Gary, Bedford & Doug, Newfields, You guys are drinking way too much Koolaide. Remember, whatever you think the gov't is giving you (And they can take it away too), we all will pay for it. How can low-wage earners afford it? Don't pay...get fined and possibly sent to jail!...now that sounds like the American way, eh?

There will be no more private insurance companies after the Gov't steps in and screws it all up just like SS, Medicare and the USPS. You'll be begging for insurance cos. to come back. And what the heck is wrong w/profits? Insurance Cos. are what 35th on the list? Kerry who criticizes them has the Heinz wife fortune who makes tons more than Ins. Cos.
- judy, bradford

Liberals like Dick talking about "immoral wars" is laughable.
I would rather have our country killing terrorists than paying for partial birth abortions.
What's immoral Dick?
- Greg L, Hudson

The logic of liberals posting on this board is unbelieveable. Liberals believe "one trillion dollars to defeat pro-terror countries = bad; one trillion dollars to overhaul health care to approach a near socialist system = good". Their priorities are clearly confused.
- Nick, Manchester

Lol, Dan from Manchester is "owned" thanks for the laugh Dan:)
- Jay Collins, Laconia

Mike from Dunbarton - you should check out Kelly Ayotte's campaign and get involved with them! She's the one who can beat Paul Hodes and start digging NH out of this hole we're in!!!!
- Jenni Rose, Seabrook

Dick, you my not like the wars we are fighting, but neither of them is illegal or immoral. Both the UN (Article 19) and the congress authorized the use of force to oust Saddam Hussein and seperately try to squash Al Queda in Afghanistan. It would be immoral to allow the radical muslims to continue to promulgate violence and religious radicalism in the middle east.
- Ron, Manchester

I support the public option because for too long in this country, insurance companies have been allowed to provide poor care to working families, while driving up costs at the same time. That is about to change because with a public insurance option, insurance companies will have incentives to lower their costs and provide better care to working families. If you like your insurance you can keep it; however, there are many Americans who don’t like their insurance or cannot afford insurance all together, they will be provided with a choice.



The public option will not affect those who like their health insurance, it will only affect those who are being abused by insurance companies including the 47 million Americans uninsured. This will not hurt the insurance companies, it will keep them honest, give them healthy competition and a reason to lower their costs. Once this is achieved, the insurance companies will operate just fine, and so will the public option.



With the House’s historic vote to approve health care reform, we are closer then we have ever been to passing real reform. Now, we must let the Senate know that we expect them to vote yes.
- Douglas Marino, Newfields, NH

Wow, the right-wing nutjobs are out in force today!

Funny how no-one cares to address Dave's major point: "1 trillion to kill Iraqis = good. 1 trillion to insure Americans suffering under burdensome health care costs = bad."

Nice job today, UL; pathetic as usual. You certainly live up to the low expectations.
- Bob V, Manchester

I love the Editor's note after Dave's posting. Sorry, UL, but you most certainly did NOT criticize Mr. Bush's spending policies where the illegal and immoral wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were concerned. In fact, you're now busy blowing the horn of the latest proposed "surge" which will send 40,000 more troops into harms way along with countless billions more in spending down that rathole. Hypocrites!
- Dick, Concord

Let's not forget, that Hodes and Shea Porter took office in 2006 as part of the anti-Bush, anti Iraq war sentiment that was bubbling over at the time.

When they were elected, they promised to vote to cut off funding for the war. Agree or disagree with the war, but they and Pelosi decided not to do so immediately after they were elected.
- Ditmar Kopf, Hollis

I should thank my representative, Carol Shea-Porter for voting for the "Affordable Health Care" bill. I work for a large biotechnology company that stands to make out nicely if the bill passes the senate. That will make a lot more dreams affordable for me.

I am not happy though, Carol contributed to screwing the best healthcare system on Earth. Are there problems with it? Absolutely! Did Carol talk with her constituents about what is good and what needs to be changed with healthcare and separately health insurance? Did she talk with healthcare providers, insurance carriers and other businesses involved in the total picture of healthcare? The answer is no in case there is any doubt. How then can she claim to be a "representative" of the people in NH's first district if she has not listened to her constituents?
- Michael Layon, Derry

Wow, this has to be one of the most childish editorials I have ever read.

And give us a break UL, you didn't criticize the Bush Administration's spending policies when it came to the trillion dollar tax cut for the wealthy, hundreds of billions to start a war in Iraq, or hundreds of billions given away to the pharmaceutical industry as part of medicare "reform."

In fact, I don't remember any Union Leader editorials critical of Bush on any issue until it became vogue about 3/4 of the way through his presidency.

Of course, this stuff is all out there in the historical record. If the Union Leader did, in fact, editorialize against Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy or spending in Iraq, I'm sure they'll cite an editorial from the early 2000's to prove me wrong. I welcome the challenge.

*** Editor's note: On Tuesday, April 16, 2002, this newspaper published an editorial titled "Big Budget Bush" that pointed out President Bush's hypocrisy in raising federal spending after campaigning on a theme of fiscal responsibility and compared Bush unfavorably to President Lyndon Johnson. ***
- Dan, Manchester

In memory of the 45,000 uninsured Americans who die every year for lack of health care, for the elderly who can’t afford their medicine, for all the people who are denied health care because they are sick, for all the people who are dropped from their policies because they are sick- You may call our Representatives poodles, but I call them heroes!

Here’s what America will get from the House health reform bill:

· 36 million Americans will now have health insurance and health care
· Children will be able to stay on the parents insurance plan until age 27
· A government public option will available in the exchange pool
· The donut hole in Medicare drug benefits is closed
· More choices will be available to people- some states are limited to one or two insurance companies today
· Insurance companies cannot deny you coverage with pre-existing conditions (this includes pregnant women)
· Insurance companies cannot drop you if you get sick
· Insurance companies will come under stricter anti-trust regulation to prevent price fixing

I’m proud of our Representatives for standing up to the insurance lobby and doing what’s right for New Hampshire and America.
- Gary Way, Bedford

In conversations with my friends, the same thing keeps coming up when discussing politics. We must take back our schools from the leftists and hippies currently running them. We have now had 2 generations of children poisoned with leftist ideology and this is reflected not only in the dumbing down of "everything" America, but in the socialist voting tendencies of much of our youth.

Much of what passes for education today is nothing more than liberal dogma. It is imperative that we force our public school systems to get back to teaching the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic. The grand social engineering experiment is a failure, as evidenced by the fact that our education system, which was once the envy of the world, is now a laughing stock. Most 3rd world countries are better at educating their children than we are.
- Ron, Manchester

I'm looking forward to 2010. I chomping at the bit to purge congress of the Marxists. I can't wait to donate money to Paul Hodes opponent. I can't wait to volunteer my time to Paul Hodes opponent. And I can't wait to vote for Paul Hodes opponent. Who ever thought a 40 year old blue collar working class fellow would be so motivated to take part in the political process. Thanks Paul Hodes.
- Mike, Dunbarton

Personally, I blame George Bush. No, seriously, it is GWB's fault. I really believe that the anti-GWB backlash is why Jeb Bradley and John Sununu lost the election. So I agree with Leo in Cantebury, we got what we deserved. Don't blame Carol S-P, she is exactly what she always appeared to be and hasn't changed. And if the people of New Hampshire are stupid enough to put her back in office next year the Mayan prediction of the end of the world in 2012 may well come true. As surely as the sun rises in the east, all the stuff they took out of this bill in order to get it passed will be added back in come the next session of Congress. Someone said Liberalism is a cancer, I prefer to think of it as a colony of carpenter ants.
- Bruce, Derry

Once again, the UL revels in it's own hypocrisy. Where was the concern about costs and deficits when Bush rammed through a 1.5 trillion dollar tax cut? When he passed medicare Part B, a giveaway to the Pharma industry of 500 billion? When he led us into a trillion dollar war in Iraq on false pretenses? Where were the fiscal hawks at the UL?

The answer- nowhere to be found. The reason- spending is only bad if the Democrats propose it. Republican logic simply baffles me: 1 trillion to kill Iraqis = good. 1 trillion to insure Americans suffering under burdensome health care costs = bad.

Who are you people, really?

*** Editor's note: The Union Leader's editorial page was repeatedly critical of the Bush administration's spending policies. ***
- Dave, Sandwich

Wasn't Paul Hodes supposed to bring his backbone to Washington. I guess little poodles don't have much of a backbone when their master tells them to sit.
I am sure Carol Shea Porter read the bill line by line before her highness Queen Pelosi and the "great Messiah" Obama told her to her to vote for it.
- Chris, Merrimack

Pelosi's poodles have done it again.....They have voted for something that will cost the taxpayers of NH dearly and indebt our grandchildren and great grandchildren forever .. Roy C. , Gilford..
- Roy Cuddahy, gilford, NH

maybe these three people are smart and brave enough to deal with our world's and country's realities and not just regurgitate your right wing drivel in order to sell this rag to a pile of people made up of 1.) those who figure I've got mine at the expense of the rest of the group and 2.)those who are too ignorant to know that they agree with the very same people who are screwing them over
- al, alton

We are watching the bankrupting of America. The once great economic powerhouse that fuels the entire world economy has been slowly dismantled by the greed of all of our elected leaders in concert with the financial leaders of our banking system.

They stand on one side of the aisle condemning every segment of the business portion of our economy for making a profit and then run to the other side of the aisle to pass legislation that benefits the same businesses because those businesses send them cold hard cash in exchange for ours!

Nov 2010 may be too late. Unless we get some leaders into DC who have integrity and independence we will never be able to undo the damage that is being done.
- Melvin, Keene

NH is getting exactly the representation NH voted for in the last election, and include Shaheen in that. Anyone who thinks that the leftists that rule this state will suddenly 'straighten up and fly right' is dreaming. Hasn't happened in Mass. after many decades and won't in NH. Liberalism is a cancer.
- Leo, Canterbury

The ghost of Nackey has returned! I miss the writings of Richard Lessner and Jack Kenny! :-)
- Sue, Manchester

First off NH is not going to pass & income or sales tax in 2010 because the NH democratic party is going to get slaughtered in the next election. Whatever you think of Bradley & Bass.....they were more independent then these two hacks we have sent down to D.C.

As for Lynch......this is typical. The man has no leadership ability.
- Jay collins, Laconia

The damage the Democrats have done cannot be calculated. At the State and National level these people have not done what their constituents wanted them to.

One. They should be voted out ASAP, 2010 is a good start. Two. Keep them out of any office subsequently. Three. Criticize those who as a reward hire them when they cannot get elected any longer (would need UL help there). Five. Buy them first class tickets to San Francisco (one way).
- Bob, Salem

This is the type of fire and brimstone editorial that gave the paper its reputation! And, I happen to agree with every word. Keep it up!
- Glen, Manchester, NH